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When  you  leave,  please  leave  this  hook 

Because  it  has  heen  said 
"Ever'thing  comes  t'  him  who  waits 

Except  a  loaned  hook." 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


ull  many  a  gem  of  purest  ray  serene 
The  dark  unfathomed  caves  of  ocean  bear ; 

Full  many  a  flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen, 
And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desert  air. 

Grey 


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Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us, 
We  can  make  our  lives  sublime ; 
And,  departing  leave  behind  us, 
Footprints  on  the  sands  of  time. 

Longfellow 


Dr.  CECIL  A.  KIDD 


DISTRICT  SUPERINTENDENT 


It  is  not  what  we  give,  but  what  we  share, 

For  the  gift  without  the  giver  is  bare. 

Lowell 


LEON    W.  GOLDRICH 

PRINCIPAL 


put  your  creed  into  your  deed, 
Nor  speak  with  double  tongue. 

Emerson 


  HISTORY  OF  THE   

SEWARD  PARK 
INTERMEDIATE  SCHOOL 

P.  S.  62,  MANHATTAN 

  1905—1917   


LEON  W.  GOLDRICH 

PRINCIPAL 


More  than  ten  years  have  elapsed  since  Pubhc  School  62, 
Manhattan,  was  first  organized.  In  November,  1903,  the  con- 
struction of  the  building  was  completed  and  its  doors  thrown  open 
for  the  accommodation  and  instruction  of  the  boys  and  girls  of 
the  neighborhood.  The  school  was  organized  for  pupils  of  the 
seventh  and  eighth  year  grades  exclusively.  This  new  plan  of 
organization  has  passed  through  its  experimental  stage  and  is 
now  an  accepted  permanent  institution.  It  is  not  necessary  to 
justify  the  existence  of  Sixty-two,  nor  of  any  other  public  school. 


JOHN    S.  ROBERTS 

PRINCIPAL 
1905  —  1913 


Nevertheless,  Sixty-two  has  virtually  lived  ten  full  years,  pulsat- 
ing, striving,  accomplishing,  its  reputation  reaching  to  the  four 
corners  of  the  earth. 

Situated  in  the  heart  of  the  East  Side,  Sixty-two  has  for 
years  attracted  a  type  of  pupil  that  is  ambitious,  earnest,  impres- 
sionable and  responsive.  Fortui*itely,  the  school  has  numbered 
among  its  teaching  and  supervising  staff  some  of  the  finest  and 
ablest  men  and  women  of  the  city.  Their  intense  interest,  sym- 
pathy and  enthusiasm,  combined  with  the  peculiar  characteristics 
of  the  pupils,  have  helped  to  build  up  for  the  school  the  splendid 
reputation  it  now  enjoys. 

Originally  there  were  fifty-eight  classes  in  the  seventh  and 
eighth  grades  of  the  school.  Now  the  entire  building  is  occupied 
exclusively  by  pupils  of  the  seventh,  eighth  and  nmth  years.  In 
a  comparatively  short  period,  over  ten  thousand  boys  and  girls, 
now  scattered  all  over  the  United  States,  have  been  sent  out  as 
graduates.  While  none  have  as  yet  become  distinguished  citizens 
of  the  city  or  state,  many  give  promise  of  achievement  that  will 
redound  to  the  credit  of  the  school  and  the  community. 

There  have  been  changes  in  the  teaching  and  supervising 
staff  of  the  school.  Our  first  superintendent.  Miss  Julia  Richman, 
was  called  to  the  great  beyond,  two  of  our  principals,  John 
S.  Roberts  and  I.  Edwin  Goldwasser,  have  in  succession  been  ele- 


I.   EDWIN  GOLDWASSER 

PRINCIPAL 
19  13  —  1914 


vated  to  the  position  of  District  Superintendent.  A  number  of 
our  former  teachers,  men  and  women,  are  now  Principals  and 
Assistants-to-Principals  in  other  pubhc  schools  of  our  city,  and 
others  are  teachers  in  the  high  schools. 

Structural  changes  too  have  marked  the  evolution  of  Sixty- 
two.  Within  the  last  few  years  an  experiment  in  prevocational 
training  was  started.  This  was  accompanied  by  a  change  in  the 
curriculum.  Differentiated  courses  of  study  providing  instruc- 
tion in  academic  subjects,  and  industrial  and  occupational  pur- 
suits are  now  offered.  For  the  latter,  new  shops  have  been 
equipped  for  instruction  in  electric  wiring,  printing,  sign  painting, 
machine  shop  practice,  metal  work,  wood  working,  and  trade 
drawing  for  boys;  and,  in  dressmaking,  millinery,  household  arts, 
power-machine  operating,  rug  weaving  and  novelties  for  girls. 
TTiis  venture  is  still  in  its  experimental  period. 

In  June,  1916,  the  Board  of  Education  authorized  the 
addition  of  a  ninth  year  to  the  school  course  of  Public  School  62, 
and  added  a  new  name  to  the  school — the  Seward  Book  Inter- 
mediate School.  It  is  now  possible  for  our  boys  and  girls  to  con- 
tinue their  education  after  graduation  in  our  own  building.  At 
the  end  of  the  ninth  year  pupils  will  be  entitled  to  admission  to 
the  third  term  in  any  of  our  city  high  schools. 


JULIA  RICHMAN 

DISTRICT  SUPERINTENDENT 

DIED.  JUNE   6TH.  1912 

I  I 


FOUR  YEARS  OF  ALUMNI 

Every  graduate  of  Public  School  62  is  justified  in  being 
[   proud  of  its  Alumni  Association.    It  was  organized  in  1911  to 
i-  keep  alive  the  fine  school  spirit,  after  graduation  from  school;  to 
I   maintain  our  active  relationship  with  the  birthplace  of  our  edu- 
cation and  ideals;  to  engender  a  social  spirit  among  our  alumni 
I    members;  to  take  a  civic  interest  in  our  school  and  community; 
to  show  by  word  and  deed  our  appreciation  and  esteem  for  the 
school  we  love  so  much  and  which  has  done  so  much  for  us.  In 
a  measure  the  Alumni  Association  has  succeeded.    The  organi- 
zation numbers  2,000  active  members.    It  has  held  an  average 
of  three  large  social  alumni  re-unions  a  year.    As  a  token  of 
esteem  and  appreciation  it  has  presented  the  school,  ( 1 )  with  a 
large  portrait  of  our  deceased  District  Superintendent, — Miss 
Julia  Richman,  (2)  with  a  large  silk  State  flag,  (3)  with  a  large 
silk  Gity  flag. 

'  The  Association  established  a  number  of  Scholarship  funds 

for  the  benefit  of  pupils  of  Public  School  62.  It  has  paid  a 
teacher  to  correct  speech  defects  of  our  pupils.  It  has  awarded 
two  gold  medals  each  term  for  excellence  in  scholarship  and 
character.  It  has  contributed  toward  providing  summer  vacations 
for  needy  pupils.  The  foregoing  is  a  wonderful  achievement. 
Let  us  hope  that  the  Alumni  Association  may  continue  its  activi- 
ties and  extend  its  usefulness  in  the  future. 


A  NEW  62  ORGANIZATION 
The  great  need  for  community  interest  in  the  immediate 
welfare  of  the  School  has  been  most  aptly  and  successfully  met 
by  the  Parents*  Association.    The  following  briefly  outlines  the 
work  accomplished  during  the  first  year  of  its  existence. 

A  dental  chair  was  installed ;  arrangement  was  made  where- 
by eye-glasses  are  distributed  free  of  charge  to  the  needy;  an 
employment  bureau  was  established ;  shoes  were  given  to  children 
who  could  not  otherwise  have  supplied  themselves;  four  scholar- 
ships were  awarded,  two  for  boys  and  two  for  girls,  to  enable 
them  to  continue  their  education  after  graduation  from  the  ele- 
mentary school;  a  fund  was  set  aside  to  send  a  limited  number 
of  boys  to  a  summer  home  during  the  vacation;  a  group  of  thirty 
girls  was  sent  to  a  summer  resort  for  two  months  by  a  philanthropic 
friend  of  the  school  and  the  Parents'  Association  supplied  these 
girls  with  outfits  for  their  trip.  Milk  was  supplied  daily  to  a 
number  of  babies  in  the  neighborhood. 


Our  magnificent  building  has  been  a  wonderful  influence 
outside  of  regular  day  school  hours.  The  facilities  offered  by 
an  exceptional  auditorium,  spacious  yard,  and  well  equipped 
classrooms  and  gymnasiums  have  been  used  to  capacity  by  the 
Lecture  Bureau,  Evening  High  School,  Evening  Recreation 
Centres,  Vacation  Schools  and  playgrounds,  the  Neighborhood 


Forum  and  the  Community  Centre.  In  its  short  period  of  life, 
Sixty-two  has  been  an  inspiration  and  a  beacon  light  to  thousands 
of  youths  and  adults,  guiding,  leading,  and  inspiring  to  a  better 
citizenship  and  a  happier  existence.  The  coming  years  can  do 
no  better  than  bring  hope  for  an  extension  of  so  noble  an  influ- 
ence in  the  community.  * 


Jacob  Holman. 


OUR  MOTTO 


all 


A  good  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches, 
And  loving  favor  rather  than  silver  and  gold. 

Bible 

O  o 


To  be  conscious  that  you  are  ignorant  is  a  great 
step  to  knowledge. 


Disraeli 


[1: 


D  a 


P 


I 

Oh!  templed  home  of  truth  and  art, 
Sixty wo,  my  Sixty- Two; 
Dear  to  every  pupil's  heart, 
Sixty-Two,  my  Sixty- Two; 
Ever  faithful,  true,  and  tried, 
We  who  in  thy  walls  abide. 
Cherish  thee  whate'er  betide. 
Sixty- Two,  my  Sixty-Two. 

II 

Mighty  cheers  will  rise  to  greet, 
Sixty- Two,  my  Sixty- Two; 
In  victory  or  dark  defeat, 
Sixty-Two,  my  Sixty- Two; 
Nothing  daunts  fidelity. 
Nothing  shakes  our  loyalty 
Nothing  weakens  love  for  thee. 
Sixty- Two,  my  Sixty- Two. 


What's  in  a  name?  That  which  we  call  a  rose 
By  any  other  name  would  smell  as  sw^et. 

Shakespeare 

^  o  


This  above  all;  to  thine  ownself  be  true, 

And  it  must  follow,  as  the  night  the  day. 

Thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man. 

Shakespeare 

 o  0  ^= 


The  true  University  of  these  days  is  a  Collection 
of  Books. 

Carlyle 

  ^  o  


True  worth  is  in  being,  not  seeming; 

In  doing,  each  day  that  goes  by, 

Some  Httle  good — not  in  dreaming 
Of  great  things  to  do  by  and  by. 

Gary. 

 o  0  ,>= 


A  beautiful  behavior  in  woman 

is  better  than  a  beautiful  form. 


-merson. 


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Life  is  not  so  short  but  that  there 

is  always  time  enough  for  courtesy. 

Emerson 

— ^  o  g  ^  


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An  honest  man's  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond. 

Burns 


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One  conquers  a  bad  habit  more 

easily  today  than  tomorrow. 

Confucius 


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a 


A  friend  should  bear  his  friends  infirmities. 

Shakespeare 


Dictionaries  are  like  watches  ; 

the  worst  is  better  than  none, 
id  the  best  cannot  be  expected   to  go  quite  true. 

Johnson 


The  secret  of  success  is  constancy  to  purpose. 

Burns 


[5]: 


Whatever  is  worth  doing  at  all  is  worth  doing  well. 

Earl  of  Chesterfield. 


D  Q: 


a 


The  boast  of  heraldy,  the  pomp  of  pow'r, 

And  all  that  beauty,  all  that  wealth  e'er  gave 
Await  alike  the  inevitable  hour, 

The  paths  of  glory  lead  but  to  the  grave. 

Grey 


<1 


Things  that  have  a  common  quahty  ever  quickly 
seek  their  kind. 


Aurehus. 


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He  prayeth  best,  who  loveth  best 
All  things  both  great  and  small; 

For  the  dear  God  who  loveth  us, 
He  made  and  loveth  all. 

Colerioge 


A  word  fitly  spoken  is  like  apples  of  gold  in 
pictures  of  silver. 

Bible. 


He  gives  nothing  but  worthless  gold  who  gives 
from  a  sense  of  duty.  _ 

Lowell 


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Give  every  man  thy  ear,  but  few  thy  voice; 

Take  each  man's  censure,  but  reserve  thy  judgement. 

Shakespeare 

 o  o  


Experience  keeps  a  dear  school,  but  fools  will 
learn  in  no  other. 

Holmes 


D  a 


If  thou  thinkest  twice  before  thou  speakest  once,  thou 
will  speak  twice  the  better  for  it. 

William  Penn. 


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D  0= 


A  man's  a  man  for  a  that. 


Burns. 


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some  Pow'r  the  giftie  gie  us  ! 
To  see  ourselves  as  others  see  us  ! 

Robert  Burns 


Hope  springs  eternal  in  the  human  breast. 

Pope 


There's  never  a  leaf  nor  a  blade  too  mean 
To  be  some  happy  creature's  palace. 

Lowell 


Namra  of  (ElaaamatPH 


And  what  is  so  rare  as  a  day  in  June? 
Then  if  ever,  come  perfect  days. 

Lowell 


One  flag,  one  land,  one  heart,  one  hand, 
one  nation,  evermore ! 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 


[b]: 


^  0= 


Oh,  what  a  tangled  web  we  weave, 

When  first  we  practice  to  deceive. 

Scott. 


No  position  can  dignify  the  man, 

it  is  the  man  who  dignifies  the  position. 

The  Talmud, 


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D  CI 


:[5] 


J 


Love  truth,  but  pardon  error. 


Voltaire 


[1: 


D  0= 


thing  of  beauty  is  a  joy  forever. 

Keats 

—         o  o   


Our  spiritual  manna  like  the  manna  of  the  Israelites, 
comes  daily,  and  should  be  daily  gathered. 

Rollo  F.  Hubbard. 


:0 


To  be  trusted  is  a  greater  compliment 
than  to  be  loved. 


MacDonald 


The  lucky  man  is  the  man  who  sits  up  watching  for 
the  windfall  when  other  men  are  sleeping. 

Gilbert  Parker. 


Bear  your  own  burdens  first,  after  that  try  to  help 
carry  those  of  other  people. 

George  Washington. 


D  CI 


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